Dr Kizza Besigye abduction Stories

Kizza Besigye, co-accused charged with treason
Charles Adinda  |  Feb 21, 2025

The magistrate ruled that the three be remanded at Luzira prison and declined a request for private medical attention, citing that the capital nature...

Museveni dismisses Besigye's hunger strike as 'unprincipled blackmail'
Charles Adinda  |  Feb 18, 2025

"How can you be accused of serious crimes and, then, your response is a hunger strike to generate sympathy for getting bail? Why don't you demand a qu...

Besigye's wife speaks out on his fragile health in prison
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 18, 2025

Byanyima learned it was considered a special prison for suspected terrorists.

Uganda Law Society condemns Judge Singiza over illegal detention of Besigye
Charles Adinda  |  Feb 17, 2025

The advocates alleged that his conduct was not an isolated incident, citing both his refusal to grant a constitutionally urgent hearing to Advocate Er...

Besigye rushed to hospital after staging hunger strike in prison
Reuters  |  Feb 17, 2025

The local NTV broadcaster also reported late on Sunday that Besigye had been taken to the health facility and that the area was under "tight security"...

Wamuchomba reveals plans to ditch UDA in 2027 elections, condemns abductions of govt critics
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Feb 13, 2025

The lawmaker expressed disappointment that UDA had misled Kenyans with promises of economic empowerment, financial relief and fair returns for farmers...

Kenya’s Human Rights Crisis: Report exposes a year of crackdowns, abuses
Mary Wambui  |  Feb 12, 2025

HRW links last year's threats to probe 16 civil society organisations (CSOs) funded by the Ford Foundation over claims that they were funding the prot...

Crime surge: Kenya records alarming increase in criminal cases over last decade
Mary Wambui  |  Feb 12, 2025

The data confirms that while the country recorded its last major terror attack in 2019, Al-Shabaab militia is still making attempts to carry out its a...

Court of Appeal rejects police bid to halt abduction case
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 11, 2025

The Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss, Mohammed Amin had argued that the High Cour...

Man reportedly abducted in Laikipia reunited with family after three months of agony
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 11, 2025

Muteti was reportedly abducted on October 22, 2024, in Timau, Laikipia County, by people believed to be members of the Special Operations Unit (SOU).

To fight dissent, Kenya clamps down on social media, AI
DW News  |  Feb 10, 2025

Kenya's government recently ramped up efforts to regulate social media and artificial intelligence. AI-generated content has helped fuel dissent and s...

Activist claims he was in same 'detention centre’ with missing MCA during abduction
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 06, 2025

The Dela Ward MCA has been missing for more than five months after he was abducted on September 13, 2024, on Enterprise Road in Nairobi.

Mlolongo abduction victims died from strangulation, blunt force injuries -Autopsy
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 05, 2025

The bodies of the two men were found to have decomposed significantly, with Njoroge explaining that the extent of decomposition made identification im...

Besigye's legal team led by Karua presses for his release amid military defiance
Charles Adinda  |  Feb 03, 2025

This follows a landmark Supreme Court ruling on January 31, which decreed that civilians should no longer be tried in military courts.

Kalonzo says he is collecting evidence to take Ruto to ICC over crimes against humanity
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Feb 03, 2025

Musyoka accused Ruto's administration of sanctioning state-sponsored killings and abductions of young Kenyans who were exercising their constitutional...

Families of thousands who died under last regime could fill Uhuru Park - Duale
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 03, 2025

Duale downplayed criticism of President William Ruto’s administration over rising cases of abductions and extrajudicial killings, claiming that the sc...

Muturi's days as cabinet secretary numbered for daring President Ruto - MP Koech
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 03, 2025

Koech claimed Muturi’s recent criticism of the government, particularly on issues of abductions and extrajudicial killings, had made his position unte...

Abductions: State accused of silencing witnesses, families want ICC to intervene
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 02, 2025

Addressing the media on Sunday, victims and their families recounted harrowing stories of abductions, torture, and threats, urging the ICC to investig...

Kenya’s youth cannot stop state abductions on their own
Patrick Gathara  |  Feb 03, 2025

The history of enforced disappearances within Kenya can be traced to the tactics employed by the British to intimidate and subjugate the natives.

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